Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter

8 reviews

kirstym25's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, Murder, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Racism, and Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Vomit, and Blood

siobhanward's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

 Slaughter writes some of the most disturbing fiction out there, but it rarely feels gratuitous. This book moved very quickly, but didn't seem rushed. I did, however, have a lot of trouble keeping track of who was who - characters would appear and quickly become very crucial to the plot, without me having a chance to figure out who they were or where they came from. The plot was decent - very creepy at points, and I appreciated Slaughter creating context for real-life events in the past that I didn't know a ton about (Waco siege, etc.).

Slaughter is definitely an author I gravitate to, but I definitely need to read her in moderation because her stories can be heavy!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Violence, Sexual violence, Child death, Child abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

raen99's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Racism, and Xenophobia

fbzcab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Medical content, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Rape, Pedophilia, Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Torture, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Child abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Incest

raquelcanread's review

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gore, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Cursing, War, Xenophobia, Torture, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

lunar_witch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Racism, Rape, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Excrement

heatherdavies's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

It has been a while since I dipped back into a book in the Will Trent series and despite that it felt very easy to get back into it with the familiar characters. This story starts out one way.... and I wasnt very sure where it was going, kept trying to link it to the title of the book... then that sort of makes sense towards the end, where the book is entirely not what I expected. She says this story only lasts over a few days well boy, it felt way longer than that with the amount of information our team figures out ! 
It was a unique and sad story with a lot of moving pieces and characters. Lots of trigger warnings as usual for a Ms Slaughter book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Murder, Kidnapping, Islamophobia, Incest, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Medical content, Vomit, Trafficking, Sexism, and Misogyny